The invention discloses a process for producing
xylose and belongs to the technical field of the production of functional
sugar. According to the process, a primary
ion exchange liquid in the process for producing the
xylose is treated by a membrane concentration technology, wherein a membrane core of a membrane
system is a
reverse osmosis membrane or a
nanofiltration membrane of materials, and prevents
sugar from being leaked; and a feed liquid is concentrated by the membrane
system and then is not subjected to circular concentration. The process comprises the following steps of: hydrolyzing, neutralizing, performing primary decolorization, primary
ion exchange, membrane concentration, multi-effect concentration, secondary decolorization, secondary
ion exchange and vacuum concentration, crystallizing and centrifuging,
drying, screening, and packaging to obtain a qualified
xylose product. The process is energy-saving and consumption-reducing, so that the production cost of the xylose is greatly reduced, and the environment-friendly production of the xylose is realized; and meanwhile, the problems that the xylose is leaked in a membrane concentration process, the membrane is easy to pollute and the flux is easy to attenuate are solved.